Seventeen dead after two-storey restaurant collapses in China
Seventeen people have been killed in China after a two-storey restaurant collapsed during a gathering Saturday morning (local time), state media said.
The official Xinhua News Agency said 28 other people were injured in the accident, including seven in serious condition.
Seventeen people have been killed in China after a two-storey restaurant collapsed during a gathering Saturday morning (local time), state media said. Associated Press
The restaurant was in Shanxi province's Xiangfen county, about 630 kilometres southwest of Beijing. Associated Press
The restaurant was in Shanxi province's Xiangfen county, about 630 kilometres southwest of Beijing.
The cause of the collapse was not immediately clear.
Hundreds of rescue workers, wearing hardhats and face masks, searched for trapped people in a daylong operation.
The official Xinhua News Agency said 28 other people were injured in the accident, including seven in serious condition. Associated Press
Video posted on social media by state broadcaster China Central Television showed them hefting heavy pieces of concrete. At least once, the remaining frame of the building shook but didn't fall.
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